Australian Public Law

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Pub. Date: 2011-12-01
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Summary

A comprehensive introduction to Australian public law

Author Biography

Alexander Reilly is Associate Professor in the Law School at the University of Adelaide. Gabrielle Appleby is a PhD Candidate in the Law School at the University of Adelaide. Laura Grenfell is a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the University of Adelaide.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. x
Table of Casesp. xii
Table of Statutesp. xxi
Introducing Australian Public Lawp. 1
The Idea of Public Lawp. 3
Introductionp. 4
The predominance of statesp. 4
Sovereignty and the origin of law's authorityp. 6
The nature of Lawp. 7
The breadth of public lawp. 9
The rule of lawp. 18
The values underpinning public lawp. 21
The Development of Public Law in Australiap. 26
Introductionp. 27
Inauspicious beginningsp. 28
The assertion of British sovereigntyp. 29
The British system of public lawp. 32
The development of key institutionsp. 35
Making its own way: federationp. 41
Post-federation developmentsp. 45
The People and their Governmentp. 49
Democracy and Representative Governmentp. 51
Introductionp. 52
Participation and deliberation in a democracyp. 53
Effective democratic representationp. 54
The foundations of representative governmentp. 56
Free speech and democracyp. 67
Protecting Australia's democracyp. 70
Conclusionp. 77
Parliamentary Process and Legislative Powerp. 79
Introductionp. 80
Australian Parliamentsp. 80
Parliamentary privilegesp. 81
Parliamentary sovereigntyp. 83
Legislative power in the Australian federationp. 92
The relationship between the houses of Parliamentp. 98
Parliament and the Executive: the quest for controlp. 101
Parliamentary committeesp. 104
Conclusionp. 107
The Administrative Statep. 109
The Executivep. 111
Introductionp. 112
The Executive, executive power and accountabilityp. 112
Executive powerp. 115
Regulating executive power: the Legislaturep. 129
Conclusionp. 131
Executive Accountabilityp. 133
Introductionp. 134
Classifications of accountabilityp. 135
Parliamentary accountabilityp. 139
Judicial accountabilityp. 145
Executive accountabilityp. 148
Public accountabilityp. 160
Conclusionp. 166
The Courts167
The Judiciary and the Separation of Judicial Powerp. 169
Introductionp. 170
Judicial power and the High Courtp. 170
The separation of powersp. 176
Chapter III of the Constitutionp. 179
Principles derived from the separation of judicial powerp. 184
Rights, freedoms and implied guaranteesp. 192
Conclusionp. 193
Judicial Review and the Rule of Lawp. 194
Introductionp. 195
Judicial reviewp. 197
The constitutional entrenchment of judicial reviewp. 199
Adapting foundational principlesp. 203
The relevance of policy and rights considerationsp. 209
Conclusionp. 212
The Internationalisation of Australian Public Lawp. 213
Public International Lawp. 215
Introduction: national law and international lawp. 216
The nature of international lawp. 217
The UN systemp. 218
Other influential bodies in the international spherep. 226
How is international law made?p. 227
A distinct and separate paradigm?p. 232
International Law and the Australian Legal Systemp. 235
Introductionp. 236
Dualism, federalism and the Constitutionp. 237
International law and the Executivep. 240
International law and the Legislaturep. 243
International law and the Judiciaryp. 245
Conclusionp. 256
Issues in Australian Public Law259
Human Rights in Australiap. 261
Introduction: complacency and misinformationp. 262
The national emergence of rightsp. 263
The international emergence of rightsp. 264
Human rights at the federal levelp. 269
Emerging human rights jurisprudencep. 279
The Victorian Charter: a case studyp. 281
Current national debate and recommendationsp. 287
Conclusionp. 290
Indigenous Peoples and Australian Public Lawp. 292
Introductionp. 293
Who is an Indigenous Australian?p. 293
The question of sovereigntyp. 295
Responsibility for Indigenous policyp. 298
Basis for Indigenous claimsp. 300
Types of Indigenous claimsp. 302
Protecting Indigenous rightsp. 317
Conclusionp. 319
Safeguarding Australiap. 321
Introduction: the role of the statep. 322
Legislative and executive responses to threatsp. 325
The public law frameworkp. 338
Conclusionp. 344
Appendix: The Australian Constitutionp. 346
Indexp. 384
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